UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 1, 2006

 

HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-8551

 

22-1851059

(State or Other
Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

10 Highway 35, P.O. Box 500
Red Bank, New Jersey 07701

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

 

 

 

 

(732) 747-7800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

 

 

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since
Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 



 

Item 2.02.                                              Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On May 1, 2006, Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. issued a press release announcing updated earnings per share guidance for the fiscal second quarter ended April 30, 2006 and fiscal year ending October 31, 2006. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

 

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

Item 9.01.                                              Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Press Release Dated May 1, 2006.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

By:

   /s/

Peter S. Reinhart

 

 

 

Name:

Peter S. Reinhart

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and
General Counsel

Date:  May 1, 2006

 

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit Number

 

Exhibit

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Press Release Dated May 1, 2006.

 

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